Steering CO 2 electroreduction toward ethanol production by a surface-bound Ru polypyridyl carbene catalyst on N-doped porous carbon

Liu, Yanming; Fan, Xinfei; Nayak, Animesh; Wang, Ying; Shan, Bing; Quan, Xie; Meyer, Thomas J.

doi:10.1073/pnas.1907740116

Title: Steering CO ₂ electroreduction toward ethanol production by a surface-bound Ru polypyridyl carbene catalyst on N-doped porous carbon

Journal Article · 09 December 2019 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1907740116 · OSTI ID:1577930

Liu, Yanming ^[1]; Fan, Xinfei ^[2]; Nayak, Animesh ^[3]; Wang, Ying ^[3]; Shan, Bing ^[3]; Quan, Xie ^[4];

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Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China,, Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599,
College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116024, China
Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599,
Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Ministry of Education, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China,

Significance Electrochemical reduction of CO ₂ can convert CO ₂ emission back to value-added fuels and chemicals and store renewable electricity. Reducing CO ₂ to multicarbon products has attracted great interest because of their higher energy densities and associated economic values. We report here a promising strategy for steering CO ₂ electroreduction toward ethanol production by exploiting a surface-bound Ru polypyridyl carbene catalyst on an N-doped porous carbon electrode. We show the synergistic effects of Ru polypyridyl carbene for CO intermediate production with a porous carbon for C–C coupling that could boost ethanol production at relatively low overpotentials. The strategy provides insights on how to improve selectivity and efficiency for CO ₂ reduction toward multicarbon products.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0015739

OSTI ID:: 1577930

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1802763

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Issue: 52 Vol. 116; ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:: Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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